The Cartoonist's Bible (Artist's Bible)

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by Franklin Bishop Discover how to create great cartoons in a wide range of styles and media, from comic-book line art to digital manga. More than 100 step-by-step sequences demonstrate all the skills you will need...

Discover how to create great cartoons in a wide range of styles and media, from comic-book line art to digital manga. More than 100 step-by-step sequences demonstrate all the skills you will need, from sketching basic body shapes using pencil and paint to computer rendering techniques. Learn how to exaggerate and distort your characters to a great comic effect; render funny expressions and body language; add backgrounds, lettering, and speech balloons. This work includes advice on finding inspiration and developing your own style, insider tips from a professional cartoonist, and information on presenting and selling your finished artwork.

Review by art lover Sarah Cooper:
"I think this is going to be a really popular book.  Already I have had family members pick up this book and I have literally had to tear it off them.  Ones I might add that are not normally interested in art.  This book is really fascinating because it makes the whole world of creating cartoons attainable.  Anything and everything to do with cartooning you will find in this book, it is FANTASTIC!!  The ‘starting to draw’ section of the book covers sketching from life, the face, drawing figures, tricks of the trade, stereotyping, animals, background, colour, composition, perspective and so much more.   The types of cartoons this book covers is also endless – single panel cartoon, the captionless cartoon, the political cartoon, cartooning for animation, manga, comic strips, the graphic novel, greeting cards and caricatures.  There is a whole expression file featured in this book which covers anger, sorrow, boredom etc.  And lastly, a whole section on how to go professional and how to sell your work.  I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and my son has already requested that he wants a big cartoon picture for his room, so this book is going to prove essential for me.  Who knows once I get good at this I might even be able to sell some of my work.  In my opinion this is the best book I have ever read on cartooning."
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Author:
Franklin Bishop

Pages:
192

Format:
Spiral-bound

Publisher:
Search Press Ltd

Published:
1st July 2006

ISBN 10:
1844481883

ISBN 13:
978-1844481880